Cut-Sections

  • Used to specify the cut-sections that are required to be generated by the application.

  • This is an optional section.

  • Only plane sections are supported as of now.

  • User specifies the name of the cut-section and its plane properties.

  • When the name is not specified, it’s default value is computed from the plane equation.

  • A cut-section can be specified by either specifying the plane equation or by speicfying the plane normal and a point on the plane.

  • Usage Example:

    * CUTSECTIONS

- MID-PLANE, NORMAL="[0, 1, 1]", POINT="[10, 40, 20]"
- "X=10", EQUATION="1X=10"
- EQUATION="1X+1Y+1Z=60"

Data Attributes

  • EQUATION: Plane equation. equation should be in ax+by+cz=d/ax+by+cz+d=0 format.

  • NORMAL: Normal vector of the plane.

  • POINT: A point on the plane.

Examples

Specifying Cut-Sections

* CUTSECTIONS

- MID-PLANE, NORMAL="[0, 1, 1]", POINT="[10, 40, 20]"
- "X=10", EQUATION="1X=10"
- EQUATION="1X+1Y+1Z=60"

  • This creates 3 cut-sections in the exported CAX and CSV files.

  • The first cut-section is defined as a plane that is passing through the point [10, 40, 20] and is with the normal vector [0, 1, 1]

  • The second cut-section is defined with equation “1X=10”. The same is specified to be used as the plane name.

  • The third cut-section is defined with equation “1X+1Y+1Z=60”. Since, no name is specified for the cut-plane, the plane equation is expected to be used as the plane name.